Plant Root Exudate Changes With Drought to Encourage Soil Microbes to Provide More Nutrients

By Kathy Voth  /  March 16, 2020  /  Forage, Pasture Health  /  Comments Off on Plant Root Exudate Changes With Drought to Encourage Soil Microbes to Provide More Nutrients

There are all kinds of interactions between plants and the soils they grow in, and little by little we’re understanding more about what’s going on. Take root exudate for example. That’s the cocktail of carbohydrates – sugars, amino acids and organic acids – that result from photosynthesis and end up in the plant’s roots and […]